Middle English Dictionary Entry
drīpen, drippen v.
Entry Info
| Forms | drīpen, drippen v. Also drupen, druppen. P. dripte. |
| Etymology | OE; cp. WS drȳpan (from *drīepan, corresp. to OI dreypa, OHG troufen) & OE dryppan (corresp. to MLG drüppen). |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Cp. drepen v.(2).
1.
(a) To fall in drops, drip; ~ of, drip from (sth.); ppl. driping, dripping, misty; (b) ~ on, to drop or dab (a liquid or salve) on (sth.); (c) ~ mid, to moisten or daub (sth.) with (sth.); (d) ~ in, to dip (sth.) in (a liquid); (e) to drop (a plant), scatter; (f) ?to press (sth.) down; ?touch (sth.) [?blended with drepen v.(1)].
Associated quotations
a
- ?a1200(OE) Hrl.MQuad.(Hrl 6258B)18/15 : Þa wearres..smure mid þan wætan þe druppe of healfe-sodenene rammes lungene.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)132 : Dryppyn or droppyn: Stillo, gutto.
- c1475(?a1449) ?Lydg.Pag.Knowl.(Trin-C R.3.21)136 : The moone mutable, now glad & now drypyng, And Gere Venus, full of new fangylnes, Makyn men vnstable.
b
- ?a1200(OE) Hrl.MQuad.(Hrl 6258B)10/5 : Nim þa ylcan sealfe hlutre, drupe on þat eare.
- ?a1200(OE) Hrl.HApul.(Hrl 6258B:Berberich)117.96/3 : Wid earane sore, nim þisse wyrte wos, dripe on þat eare.
c
- c1175(?OE) Bod.Hom.(Bod 343)68/26 : Þat he mid his fingræ hure his tunga drypte for þan ormete bryne þe he on cwylmode.
d
- c1450 Med.Bk.(2) (Add 33996)203 : Tak suet, rosyn [etc.]..& þerinne dryppe [Roy: dippe] þy clout.
e
- (?1440) Palladius (DukeH d.2)2.277 : Ek of the yonge [saplings] out trie Oon heer, oon theer, and elliswhere hem dripe [rime: ripe].
f
- c1330(?c1300) Bevis (Auch)97/1946 : Into þe sadel a lippte, Þat no stirop he ne drippte [vrr. stepte, towchid].